Cigar-cutter.



A. 'SGHICKB Im, CIGAR swung- 1 APPLICATION FILED SEPT 1, 1911.

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, lhnm'il Patented N0v.5,1912.

V Cigar-Gutters, of which the following-is a specification. Y

cutting the tip from a cigar preparatory "to lighting the same, and moreparticularly "carried. in the pocket and to be grasped by .15

' eludes two flat I reciprocating members To it may concern:

members have cutting :edges which move 20 to form the members from whichthe cutter die for each of the two sliding membersas for receiving theend of the cigar preparatoryto cutting the tip therefrom; to proi videan improvedlform' of cutting edge for to cigar cutters as arehereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the drawingaccompanying and forming a part of this application.

1 thy-invention in the accompanying drawing,

fet e havebeen forced'towar one another to cut .o. s PATENT tron.

ALFRED SCI-IIGKERLING, or new roan, n. r.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 19121.

' Application filed September 1-, 1911. Serial No. 647,296.

Be it known that I, ALFRED Sermons LING, a-citizen of the United States,andv a resident/of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New-York, and State of New York, have made and invented certain new anduseful Improvements in 3 My invention relates to cigar cutters fortothat type of-vcigar'cutter designed to be the fingers, and which typecommonly inormed from sheet metal and superposed one upon the other andsecured together, which past one another as the cutter is operated; and.the objects of my invention are to provide a cutter of the type abovereferred to in which the two reciprocating members of the cutter areidentical in form, so that a single cutting die only is necessary inorder is formed, instead of a separate and distinct heretofore; toprovide a cigar cutter of the class described with an unsharpened guidecigar cutters of the type'in question; and to provide such improvementsin and relating.

have illustrated the preferred form of Whereiir- Figure 1 is a viewillustrating my 1ming how'the same is held in thehand when Fi 2; F g. 4is'ia'view. showing the ator the slidiu members thereof the tip from thecigar Fig. is aview showing a section upon'a' plane nd cated by twomembers identical in form with one another; from which it follows that asingle cutting die only is necessary to out blanks for the members froma sheet of metal, the members or blanks being commonly formed from thinsheet metal as w1ll be understood. Figs. 7 and 8 show one of thesemembers in its finished form but before the lugs thereof are bent inassembling the cutter; from which it will be seen that the same includesa fiat portion 10 of uniform thickness and width, the sides or edges 11,11 thereof being parallel and having projecting lugs 12 adjacent. oneend; and an opening 13 adjacent the other end through which the ends ofthe fingers are passed when the cutter of a capital W with inclinedsides 16 and a projecting sharpened and pointed tooth 17 between thesides as shown. Shoulders are provided at 18' to provide stopsashereinafter explained.

After a number of blanks have been formed as aforesaid and finished andsharpened'to provide a cutting edge as explained; one of my improvedcutters is formed by assembling two of them, the flat portions 10 of twoblanks beingsuperposedone upon; the other and the pro ect1ng lugs 12thereof being bent over so that the lugs of each member overlie the sideedges 11 of the other, as best shown in Fig. 6, .to thereby secure thetwo members together. The sidev edges 11 of each member may slidethrough the bent overlugs of the other as w ll be understood from thedrawing, the lugs connection with the sides or edges thus forming guidesfor the members in their movements.

It will be understood that with guides formed as above explained, theoscillating movement of one member relative to the other due tolooseness or lost motion is greatest when the lugs are together and theparts in the position shown in Fig. 2, and least when the lugs are apartand the parts in the position shown in Fig. 4; and an importantadvantage gained in my cutter is that the unavoidable looseness or playwhich is necessarily present and which results in more or less bindingaction between the parts, and which tends to interfere with thesmoothness, of operation of the cutter, is greatest when the cuttingedges are just beginning to cut, as shown in Fig. 2, and becomes less ordecreases as the resistance encountered by the cutting edges in cuttingthe cigar increases as the lugs separate from one another in approachingthe position shown in Fig. 4 which they finally assume. The lugs engageone another as shown in Fig. 2 to form a stop for limiting the outwardmovement of the reciprocating members of the cutter; and the lugs ofeach member engage the shoulders 18 of the other as shown in Fig. toform a stop for limiting the inward movement of said members.

The location of the opening 14- relative to the lugs 12 is such thatwhen the parts are in their outward positions shown in Fig. 2, theunsharpened portions 15 of the opening 141 will together form a smoothnon-cutting guide for the end of the cigar; and as said members aremoved together the sharp points or teeth 17 of the cutting edges of theopenings will enter the cigar to assist in holding it in position as thecutting edges move past one another during the cutting operation.

.Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A cigar cutter comprising two members havingportions adapted to move past one another, and means for securing saidmembers together and for guiding them in their movements; each of saidmembers being provided with an opening, which openings may be made toregister with one another, the periphery of each of said openings beingformed with an unsharpcned portion and with a sharpened or knife portionof W-like form to thereby provide a projecting sharpened tooth betweentwo side cutting edges, and the disposition of said openings being suchthat the tlllslltflilfljncii portions thereof form a guide for the tipof a cigar when the openings register with one another.

A cigar cutter com arising tweineinbers having portions adapted to movepast Leashes one another, and means for securing said members togetherand for guiding them in their movements, each of said members beingprovided with anopening, which openings may be made to register with oneanother, the periphery of each of said open- 'ings being formed with anunsharpened portion and with a sharpened or knife porticn, and thedisposition of said openings being such that the unsharpened portionsthereof form a guide for the tip of a cigar when the openings registerwith one another.

3. A cigar cutter comprising two members having each a fiat portionadapted to rest and slide upon the like portion of the other, and each.of which flat portions is provided with two side lugs bent so as tooverlie the edge of the fiatportion of the other member, to therebysecure the members together and guide them in their movements; the fiatportions of said members being each provided with an opening, whichopenings may be made to register with one another, the periphery of eachof said- 0pen ings being formed with an unsharpened portionsemi-circular in form and with a sharpened or knife portion, and thedisposition of said openings being such that the semi-circular portionsthereof form an un-( sharpened circular guide for the tip of a. cigarwhen the openings register with one another.

4. A cigar. cutter comprising two members haying portions adapted tomove past one another, and means for securing'said members together andfor guiding them in their movements; each of said members be ingprovidedwith an opening, which openings may be made to register with oneanother, the periphery of each of said openings having a curved portionand a second portion of W-like form sharpened to form a cutting edge,and the disposition of said openings being such that the curved portionsthereof form a guide for the tip of a cigar when the openings registerwith one another.

5. A cigar cutter comprising two members identical in form with oneanother and each of which has an opening throu h which the tips of thefingers may be passer).- to operate the cutter, said members having eacha flat'portion aoapted to rest and slide upon a like portion of theother, and each of which flat portionsis provided with two side lugsbent to overlie the edge of the flat portion of the other member tothereby guide them in their movements; the flat portions of said membershaving each an opening which openings may he made to register with oneanother and the periphery of each of which openings isaiormed withanunsharpened portion semi-circuiar in form and with a knife portion, andthe disposition of said openings being such that the semicircularportions thereof together form anunsharphattan, in the county. of NewYork, and ened circular guide for the tip of a cigar State of New York,this 29th day of A11- 10 when the openings register .'with one an gus't-A. D. .1911. other; and stopsformed upon each of said members and withwhich the lugs of the APFRED'SOHICKERLING': other member engage at theend of the in- 'Witnesses: Ward movement of the members: R. N. FLINT,

'Signed at New Yorkyborough of -Man- A. V. WALsH..

